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JAMES FJJ'. GUNNING, OF N'EW"YO;R;K,-Y.

Letters Patent No. 74,349,dated Februaryll, 1868.;

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; v

Be it known that I, JAMES F. J. GUNNING, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Skirt-Hoop Fastening; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference beingfl had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for *secnringt'heends of skirt-hobpstogether, and has for its object the production ofsuch a fastening which, while it will firmly secure the ends of the hooptogether, will admit of said ends being readily disconnected at anytime, when necessary or required.

' The invention ismore especiall designed for hoops to be'used'inskirtswhich are ,woven with or have pockets formed in them to receivehoops, so that when the. skirt requires to be washed, the ends' of thehoops may be disconnected, and the latter drawnout from the skirts, andafter the skirts are washed the hoops'repl ac'ed.

in them, and their ends secured by the fastening. In the accompanyingdrawings+ Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention, taken intheline a: :v', fig. 2. Figure 2, a side view of the same. i ISimilarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

A B represent the ends of a skirt-hoop, which maybe constructedpf anysuitablc material and form, but the ordinary metallic hoop will probablybe used. Onthe end, A, of the hoop thereis firmly secured a metal:

- socket, C, constructed of thinv sheet metal, bent so as to form atube. This socket is' firmly compressed to the end, A, of the hoop, soas to firmly clasp the same, and is still further secured thereto byindenting the clasp, as

shown at 11*, fig. 2, by a punch or othersuitable device. The socket 0extends some distance beyond the end of the hoop, and has a curved lip,a, at its end, at the unsplit' or solid side of the socket. The shape ofthis lip is shown clearly in fig. 1. On the other end, B, of the hoop,there is secured'a similar socket, D, in the same way as the socket Oissecured on the end'A. This socket D is compressed more than .0, or ismade a trifle when Dis shoved into C, as shown clearly in fig. 1. t I

By this simple means a very. secure fastening is obtained, and one whichwill admit of being readily detached,

when it is necessary to disconnect the ends of the hoops. The inventionis applicable to either metallic,'wooden,

cane, or other hoops,- and to any shaped hoopsl Having described myinvention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersTatent,is-

smaller, so that it may enter C; and on D there' is a knob orprojection, b, over-which the lip a of G catches,

A fastening for the ends of skirt-hoops, consisting of .a'slip-claspcomposed of two sockets, .G D, secured on the ends of the hoops, andprovided respectively with a lip, a, and a; knob or projection, 15, allconstructed and arranged substantially in the manner as herein shownunddescribed.

The above specification of my invention signedb'y me, this 5th day ofDecember, 1867.

JAB. r. J. surmise.

Witnesses:

ALEX. F.. Banners, J.,M. Covmeron.

